There are more than 55 known uses for biochar. For all 55 uses, download this Jan 1012 article (PDF). New and innovative applications are showing up all the time.
Billions of tons of crop waste are burned each year
that could instead be used to make biocharHere are some of the important uses, organized by application and industry:
In climate change remediation:
The increasing focus on the growing of biomass and turning it into energy and biochar is key to the reversal of climate change. Eliminating emissions is not enough - we must reduce the atmospheric carbon content from 400ppm to 300ppm. There is no magic bullet that will do this for us.
We must work in cooperation with Nature to maximize the amount of carbon entering the soil through he production of biochar and the enhancemsent of the microbial process known as the Liquid Carbon Pathway (LCP).
Biochar promotes this LCP symbiosis between plants and microbes and can be inoculated with beneficial microbes to reseed abandoned and marginal soils that have lost the microbes necessary for this important process (more on this). CDS is focused on the part that our equipment will play in creating the needed biochar and is mission-driven to assist our clients with the highest and best use of our equipment and end products.
In agriculture:
increase production while decreasing the reliance on synthetic fertilizers
- increase cation exchange capacity of soils
- retain more methane and nitrous oxide in the soil
- increase soil microbial activity
- increase composting activity
- soil detoxification
- carbon addition
- increases water absorption and retention
In livestock production:
- feed additive that increases weight gain and health
- litter additive to reduce the affects of ammonia on animal health
- water treatment for animals and fish farming
- reduce odor in livestock manure collection sites and speed up fermentation
- increase value of silage
In the building and construction sector:
- as insulation
- for air decontamination
- humidity regulation
- protection against electromagnetic radiation
- site remediation / decontamination of earth foundations
In other industries:
- for water or air filtration
- food processing
- pollution barriers
- sewage sludge treatment
- addition to anerobic digesters
- smokestack filters (itself a char or charcoal) that can be refurbished and re-used.
Even if it were not essential for the reversal of climate change, biochar has so many diverse industrial and commercial applications that they explain why it has become such a growth industry — competing with the (also growing) activated charcoal industry.
Activated charcoal made from coconut shells currently costs $1,650 a ton FOB India, leaving the potential for a good return on biochar and years before supply catches up with demand.
How to buy CDS biochar in bulk: contact us
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